Something i like to muse over from time to time is whether we would have had this album if the pandemic had never happened. We know Working With God was planned before Covid and they finished recording when they could after the virus hit. But this album feels like a gift from that time. Something that only came about and emerged in the long form that it is, because the band had an unusually long amount of free time. Back in 2019 they did that tram video where the band played Edgar The Elephant acoustic plus did a few little low key shows either fully or semi acoustic and those things make me think an all acoustic version of Melvins was probably always going to come around at some point. But i am so curious to wonder what would have happened if the pandemic never occurred. I kinda feel like Five Legged Dog wouldn't exist and im really glad it does.
